Journalists from across the country recently slipped into Cynthiana for an amazing experience as part of the General Motors launch of the 2014 line of Buick vehicles.
Working with General Motors, The Prizing House, the local reception hall housed in restored tobacco prizing house, hosted waves of journalists for three days.
Each evening, GM flew a group of 30 journalists into the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

Bullard recently participated in National Manufacturing Week by hosting 19 Harrison County High School students at the company’s manufacturing facility in Cynthiana. Students and instructors, Roger Hurst, Larry Kendall and Allison Earlywine, from the School’s Project Lead the Way program, were given a tour of the facility and hands-on product demonstrations by Bullard’s Director of Manufacturing, Jeff Sneed, along with other Bullard professionals including Scott Dellinger, David Williams, Barry Snapp, Sean Whalen, James Workman, Travis Plumlee and Rob Mundell.

Cynthiana broadcaster Chris Winkle, president/CEO of WCYN AM-FM, has been elected chairman-elect of the Kentucky Broadcasters Association for 2014. He will assume the chairman’s role in 2015. Winkle has served two terms on the board as district 7 radio director and serves on the member services committee. He will be chairman of the organization’s annual conference in 2014 to be held in Lexington.

In an era when a great deal of published reading material is in an electronic form, the preservation of important printed books and documents becomes more and more important for the field of research and personal appreciation.
Cynthiana native, Ann Frye Caudill, worked side by side with her very famous husband, Harry Caudill for all the years he was researching and writing his astonishing series.

Community Action Council’s Neighborhood and Community Centers will change their hours of operation to 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Council’s child development center hours will remain 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Appointments can be made before or after regular center hours by calling 859-233-4600.
The change took effect on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, at all of the following Council locations:
Cynthiana: 216 Old Lair Rd.
Paris: 1414 S. Main St.
Carlisle: 149 Scrub Grass Rd.
Millersburg: 1113 Main Street.